Banana Smoothie

03/06/2012 by Leave a Comment

Banana smoothies are a great tasting drink and can help provide the necessary energy to kick start the day. This is a Dad 101 recipe that you need to be good at 🙂 Awesome for a snack anytime or breakfast…

Ingredients (serves 2)
2 ripe chopped bananas
2 cup skim milk
3-4 scoops vanilla ice-cream
2 teaspoons honey (optional)
1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
1 decorative or long glass
1 long wooden skewer

Method
Place bananas, milk, vanilla ice-cream, honey and cinnamon in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth.  Cut a few pieces of the banana and slide along the skewer and place in glass for decoration.  Serve immediately.

Enjoy,  Kids love this breakfast drink.

Filed Under: Breakfast, Lunch, Meals, Snacks

Scrambled Eggs

26/05/2012 by Leave a Comment

Eggs of all shapes and recipes can be used to create a scrumptious dish your yourself, friends or kids.

Ingredients (serves 2)
4 eggs
1/4 cup pure cream
10g (tablespoon) butter
Buttered toast

Method
Better to use a non-stick frypan
Whisk eggs and cream together in a bowl until combined. Season with salt and pepper.

Melt butter in a frying pan over medium heat. Pour egg mixture into pan. Using a wooden spoon, drag set egg towards centre of pan so remaining uncooked egg comes in contact with base. Cook for 2 minutes or until creamy curds start to form. Take pan off the heat.

Serve eggs on toast. Be careful not to overcook eggs, as they will continue to cook after being removed from pan.

Enjoy!

Filed Under: Breakfast, Meals, Snacks

Crispy Potato Skins with Dip

04/04/2012 by Leave a Comment

You wont get any complaints serving these up.
Serves 4

Ingredients
4 large (about 1kg) sebago potatoes, scrubbed.
Olive oil spray,
1/2 cup (50g) grated cheddar
Mild tomato salsa, or a dip of your choice

Method
Preheat oven to 180°C. Place the potatoes on the shelf in the oven and bake for 1-1 1/2 hours or until tender.

Cut the potatoes in half lengthways. Use a spoon to carefully scoop out the soft potato flesh, leaving some flesh close to the skin. Cut each piece into 2 or 3 pieces length ways.

Line a baking tray with nonstick baking paper. Place the potato skins on the baking tray and spray generously with olive oil. Sprinkle with cheddar. Bake for about 20 minutes or until skins are golden and crispy.

Set aside to cool slightly before handling

Serve with the salsa or dip.

Enjoy!

Filed Under: Lunch, Meals, Parties, Snacks

Fruit kebabs

03/03/2012 by Leave a Comment

Hey dads, this is a fun way to serve up fruit for the kids, a dipping bowl of yoghurt on the side is also a favorite to have.

Ingredients
1 rockmelon, peeled
A bunch of grapes
1 or 2  punnets of strawberries
1 honeydew melon, peeled
1/2 pineapple, peeled
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 cup water
1 orange, rind shredded, juiced
1 vanilla bean, halved lengthways
1 punnet of strawberries

Method
Cut all fruit into 3cm cubes. Thread onto skewers. Place onto a plate. Cover and refrigerate until required.

Place sugar, water, orange rind and juice and vanilla bean into a saucepan over low heat. Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes, or until sugar has dissolved. Increase heat. Bring to the boil. Boil for 5 minutes. Transfer to a heat-proof jug. Refrigerate until cold.

To serve, arrange skewers on plates. Drizzle with syrup.

Enjoy!

Filed Under: Snacks